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This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Austin, TX or Warren, MI three times per week.\nThe Role\nWe are seeking a highly experienced Staff Software Engineer to provide technical leadership for GM’s Mobile Backend for Frontend (MBFF) platform and associated back-office integration architecture. This role is responsible for shaping the technical direction of the platform, driving engineering excellence across microservices and cloud-native systems, and leading the adoption of scalable DevOps and AI-enabled operational practices.\nThis engineer will serve as a senior technical leader across the MBFF domain, influencing architecture, reliability strategy, platform standards, and cross-team execution. The role requires deep expertise in Java-based microservices, Azure cloud platforms, observability, CI/CD, and modern software delivery, along with the ability to guide teams through complex technical decisions that improve speed, quality, and operational resilience.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead the architecture, design, and evolution of the MBFF platform and core microservices that support GM mobile ownership experiences.\nDefine and drive technical strategy for scalable APIs, orchestration services, integration patterns, and platform capabilities across REST, GraphQL, WebSockets, and event-driven systems.\nEstablish engineering standards for service reliability, resiliency, observability, security, and operational readiness across the MBFF ecosystem, including clear SLOs, SLAs, and service health expectations.\nDrive DevOps maturity by defining and improving CI/CD standards, release automation, progressive delivery, environment strategy, and production support practices across teams.\nChampion AI-enabled engineering and operations by applying intelligent tooling for code generation support, anomaly detection, operational analysis, incident triage, capacity forecasting, and engineering productivity improvements.\nPartner with product, architecture, security, SRE/operations, and dependent engineering organizations to align platform direction with business priorities and enterprise standards.\nGuide complex design reviews, production readiness reviews, incident reviews, and modernization initiatives to improve reliability, delivery speed, and maintainability.\nMentor senior engineers and act as a force multiplier across the organization by raising technical quality, improving decision-making, and strengthening engineering execution.\nIdentify opportunities to reduce platform complexity, improve reuse, standardize patterns, and accelerate onboarding and delivery across MBFF services.\nEnsure architecture, APIs, and platform workflows are well documented and supported by clear technical standards, playbooks, and governance.\nYour Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n8+ years of software engineering experience, including significant expertise in Java and Spring Boot microservices.\nDemonstrated experience leading architecture and technical direction for distributed systems or platform-level backend services.\nDeep experience designing and operating scalable microservices, APIs, and cloud-native applications in production environments.\nStrong hands-on experience with Azure cloud services, Kubernetes-based deployments, and modern DevOps practices.\nProven ability to define and improve CI/CD pipelines, release practices, observability strategy, and operational excellence standards.\nStrong understanding of software quality practices including TDD, automated testing, code review discipline, and engineering governance.\nStrong database experience with SQL technologies such as Oracle or PostgreSQL.\nExcellent communication, technical leadership, and cross-functional collaboration skills.\nWhat Will Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)\nExperience leading platform modernization, reliability engineering, and operational maturity initiatives across multiple services or teams.\nExpertise with Azure services such as AKS, API Management, Functions, Cosmos DB, SQL Database, Azure Monitor, and Application Insights.\nExposure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a plus.\nStrong experience with observability platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, OpenTelemetry, and distributed tracing solutions.\nExperience applying AI-enabled practices in software engineering, platform operations, incident management, and developer productivity workflows.\nExperience with GraphQL, WebSockets, service mesh, API gateway patterns, and event-driven architecture.\nStrong understanding of security architecture including OAuth2, JWT, identity integration, secrets management, and secure service-to-service communication.\nFamiliarity with GM mobile platforms, enterprise back-office systems, or large-scale customer-facing backend ecosystems.\nExperience driving technical mentoring, architectural alignment, and engineering standards across senior individual contributors and multiple delivery teams.\nStrong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and execution leadership in Agile environments.\nDemonstrated experience developing microservices with NodeJS, Typescript, Javascript and/or Go. \nAdditional Information:\nGM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role. Do not apply for this role if you will need GM immigration sponsorship now or in the future. This includes direct company sponsorship, entry of GM as the immigration employer of record on a government form, and any work authorization requiring a written submission or other immigration support from the company (e.g., H1-B, OPT, STEM OPT, CPT, TN, J-1, etc.)\nThis role may be eligible for relocation benefits.\n#LI-KB1\n\nAbout GM\nOur vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.\nWhy Join Us\nWe believe we all must make a choice every day - individually and collectively - to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.\nBenefits Overview\nFrom day one, we're looking out for your well-being-at work and at home-so you can focus on realizing your ambitions. Learn how GM supports a rewarding career that rewards you personally by visiting Total Rewards resources.\nNon-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities (U.S.)\nGeneral Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of unlawful discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that providing an inclusive workplace creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers.\nAll employment decisions are made on a non-discriminatory basis without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, disability, pregnancy or maternity status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran or protected veteran, or any other similarly protected status in accordance with federal, state and local laws.\nWe encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications for each role and apply for any positions that match their skills and capabilities. Applicants in the recruitment process may be required, where applicable, to successfully complete a role-related assessment(s) and/or a pre-employment screening prior to beginning employment. To learn more, visit How we Hire.\nAccommodations\nGeneral Motors offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us or call us at 1-800-865-7580. 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